Gordon Collins

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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| country = England

| fullname = Gordon Thomas Collins

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1914|12|26|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1986|3|3|1914|12|26|df=yes}}

| death_place = Manchester, England

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| batting = Right-handed

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| role = Occasional wicketkeeper

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| club1 = Cambridgeshire

| year1 = 1947–1949

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| club2 = Northamptonshire

| year2 = 1938

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| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 3

| runs1 = 44

| bat avg1 = 8.80

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| top score1 = 17

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| date = 20 July

| year = 2010

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11249.html Cricinfo

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Gordon Thomas Collins (26 December 1914 – 3 March 1986) was an English cricketer. Collins was a right-handed batsman who played occasionally as a wicketkeeper. He was born at Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex.

Collins made his first-class cricket debut for Northamptonshire against Worcestershire in 1937. He represented the county in 2 further first-class matches in 1937, against Derbyshire and Essex.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28653/First-Class_Matches.html First-Class Matches played by Gordon Collins] In his 3 first-class matches, he scored 44 runs at a batting average of 8.80, with a high score of 17.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28653/f_Batting_by_Team.html First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Gordon Collins]

In 1947, he joined Cambridgeshire, where he represented the county in the Minor Counties Championship, making his debut for the county against Norfolk. From 1947 to 1949, he represented the county in 9 matches, with his final appearance coming against Lincolnshire.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28653/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Gordon Collins]

Collins died at Manchester on 3 March 1986.